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Published in final edited form as: Alzheimer Dis Assoc Disord. 2021 Jul-Sep;35(3):250–257. doi: 10.1097/WAD.0000000000000443

Table 3:

Drivers without and with difficulty

w/o difficulty N = 1234 w/ difficulty N = 317 Unadjusted Multivariable model adjusted for age, sex and education Multivariable model adjusted for all covariates
n (%) or mean (SD) n (%) or mean (SD) OR (95%CI) P OR (95%CI) P OR (95%CI) P
Age 76.19 (7.06) 77.04 (7.30) 1.02 (1.00, 1.03) 0.058 N/A 1.02 (1.00, 1.05) 0.095
Female 672 (54.5) 182 (57.4) 1.13 (0.88, 1.45) 0.345 1.16 (0.83, 1.61) 0.383
Education (ref: ≤ high school) high school 552 (44.7) 137 (43.2) 0.78 (0.52, 1.19) 0.252 0.74 (0.46, 1.21) 0.236
≥ high school 565 (45.8) 143 (45.1) 0.80 (0.53, 1.21) 0.29 0.77 (0.46, 1.26) 0.294
Married (ref: =0) 684 (55.4) 160 (50.5) 0.82 (0.64, 1.05) 0.114 0.89 (0.68, 1.17) 0.412 1.10 (0.65, 1.84) 0.726
CDR (ref: CDR=0) CDR = 0.5 269 (21.8) 105 (33.1) 1.80 (1.37, 2.36) <0.001 1.81 (1.37, 2.39) <0.001 1.98 (1.41, 2.80) <0.001
CDR ≥ 1 2 (0.2) 3 (0.9) 6.91 (1.15, 41.62) 0.035 7.56 (1.24, 46.06) 0.028 7.37 (0.53, 101.85) 0.136
Domain score: Attention 0.15 (0.75) −0.01 (0.73) 0.75 (0.63, 0.89) 0.001 0.76 (0.64, 0.91) 0.003 0.74 (0.59, 0.93) 0.01
Domain score: Executive 0.13 (0.68) 0.06 (0.72) 0.86 (0.72, 1.03) 0.093 0.90 (0.74, 1.11) 0.324 0.92 (0.68, 1.24) 0.573
Domain score: Language 0.12 (0.70) 0.13 (0.73) 1.01 (0.85, 1.20) 0.939 1.12 (0.92, 1.37) 0.274 1.20 (0.89, 1.62) 0.225
Domain score: Memory 0.09 (0.72) 0.17 (0.82) 1.16 (0.98, 1.37) 0.082 1.35 (1.11, 1.64) 0.003 1.85 (1.39, 2.47) <0.001
Domain score: Visuospatial 0.12 (0.97) 0.13 (1.06) 1.01 (0.89, 1.16) 0.843 1.06 (0.92, 1.22) 0.427 1.03 (0.86, 1.24) 0.714
IADL (ref: = 0) 85 ( 6.9) 33 (10.4) 1.57 (1.03, 2.40) 0.036 1.45 (0.94, 2.23) 0.089 0.85 (0.48, 1.49) 0.567
Subjective Health (ref: Poor and Fair) Good 551 (44.7) 150 (47.3) 0.72 (0.51, 0.00) 0.056 0.70 (0.49, 0.98) 0.04 0.90 (0.59, 1.36) 0.613
Very good and excellent 520 (42.2) 105 (33.1) 0.53 (0.37, 0.00) 0.001 0.52 (0.36, 0.75) <0.001 0.65 (0.40, 1.03) 0.066
mCESD score 0.71 (1.91) 1.20 (2.27) 1.11 (1.05, 1.17) <0.001 1.10 (1.05, 1.17) <0.001 1.10 (1.02, 1.20) 0.017
# of prescription meds 4.02 (3.05) 4.44 (3.08) 1.04 (1.00, 1.09) 0.03 1.04 (1.00, 1.09) 0.03 1.01 (0.96, 1.06) 0.676
Current smoking (ref: = 0) 87 (7.1) 27 (8.5) 1.23 (0.78, 1.93) 0.373 1.30 (0.82, 2.06) 0.259 1.19 (0.69, 2.04) 0.532
Current drinking (ref: = 0) 882 (71.5) 209 (65.9) 0.77 (0.59, 1.00) 0.049 0.81 (0.62, 1.05) 0.116 0.86 (0.63, 1.18) 0.359
Live alone (ref: = 0) 438 (35.5) 130 (41.1) 1.27 (0.99, 1.64) 0.063 1.17 (0.89, 1.54) 0.258 1.35 (0.80, 2.27) 0.256
Feel lonely (ref: = 0) 79 (6.4) 26 (8.2) 1.30 (0.82, 2.07) 0.263 1.22 (0.76, 1.94) 0.41 0.69 (0.35, 1.38) 0.296
Leave home (ref: Daily) 2–6x/week 366 (29.7) 120 (37.9) 1.46 (1.12, 1.89) 0.004 1.39 (1.06, 1.82) 0.016 1.24 (0.90, 1.69) 0.185
<2–4x/month 16 (1.3) 6 (1.9) 1.67 (0.64, 4.32) 0.292 1.59 (0.61, 4.13) 0.341 1.07 (0.30, 3.85) 0.912
# of confide 4.57 (3.46) 4.06 (2.67) 0.94 (0.90, 0.99) 0.015 0.94 (0.90, 0.99) 0.015 0.95 (0.90, 1.00) 0.036
Belong to organization (ref: =0) 1069 (86.8) 283 (89.3) 1.26 (0.85, 1.87) 0.246 1.23 (0.83, 1.83) 0.298 1.23 (0.77, 1.96) 0.397
Arthritis (ref: = 0) 814 (66.0) 209 (65.9) 1.00 (0.77, 1.29) 0.977 0.97 (0.74, 1.26) 0.8 0.85 (0.63, 1.16) 0.311
Vision acuity denominator: Right 52.47 (66.09) 71.88 (106.25) 1.03 (1.01, 1.04) <0.001 1.03 (1.01, 1.04) <0.001 1.03 (1.01, 1.05) 0.001
Vision acuity denominator: Left 54.25 (74.87) 65.98 (107.48) 1.01 (1.00, 1.03) 0.064 1.01 (1.00, 1.02) 0.12 1.01 (0.99, 1.02) 0.457
Extraocular movement problem: Right (ref: =0) 6 (0.5) 6 (1.9) 4.00 (1.28, 12.50) 0.017 3.85 (1.23, 12.08) 0.021 0.81
(0.08, 8.48)
0.859
Extraocular movement problem: Left (ref: =0) 4 (0.3) 7 (2.3) 7.06 (
2.05, 24.28)
0.002 6.74 (1.95, 23.32) 0.003 12.99
(0.91, 185.68)
0.059
Visual field deficits: Right (ref: =0) 33 (2.7) 11 (3.6) 1.34 (0.67, 2.67) 0.414 1.29 (0.64, 2.59) 0.474 0.66 (0.25, 1.75) 0.405
Visual field deficits: Left (ref: =0) 35 (2.9) 13 (4.2) 1.50 (0.78, 2.87) 0.221 1.46 (0.76, 2.80) 0.255 1.57 (0.64, 3.86) 0.324
Hearing loss (ref: None) Right 80 (6.5) 34 (10.8) 1.75 (1.14, 2.67) 0.01 1.65 (1.07, 2.54) 0.023 1.74 (1.07, 2.84) 0.027
Left 79 (6.4) 17 (5.4) 0.88 (0.51, 1.52) 0.655 0.85 (0.49, 1.46) 0.548 0.81 (0.43, 1.51) 0.504
Bilateral 69 (5.6) 20 (6.3) 1.19 (0.71, 2.00) 0.509 1.10 (0.65, 1.87) 0.716 0.84 (0.45, 1.58) 0.593